Isaiah 14
1 [But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
Près de venir est son temps, et ses jours ne seront pas différés. Car le Seigneur aura pitié de Jacob, il fera encore choix d’Israël, et il les fera reposer dans leur terre; l’étranger se joindra à eux, et il s’attachera à la maison de Jacob.
2 People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
Et les peuples les prendront et les ramèneront en leur lieu; et la maison d’Israël les possédera dans la terre du Seigneur comme serviteurs et comme servantes; et ils prendront ainsi ceux qui les avaient pris; et ils soumettront leurs exacteurs.
3 Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, que lorsque le Seigneur t’aura donné du repos après ton travail, et après ton oppression, et après la dure servitude à laquelle tu as été auparavant assujetti;
4 When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
Tu emploieras cette parabole contre le roi de Babylone, et tu diras: Comment a cessé l’exacteur, et a discontinué le tribut?
5 You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
Le Seigneur a brisé le bâton des impies, la verge des dominateurs,
6 You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
Qui, dans son indignation, frappait des peuples d’une plaie incurable, qui, dans sa fureur, assujettissait des nations, qui les persécutait cruellement.
7 [But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
Toute la terre se repose et est en silence, elle est dans la joie et dans l’exultation;
8 [It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
Les sapins même et les cèdres du Liban se sont réjouis à ton sujet, disant: Depuis que tu dors, il ne monte personne qui nous abatte.
9 The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
L’enfer au-dessous a été tout troublé au moment de ton arrivée, il t’a suscité les géants. Tous les princes de la terre se sont levés de leurs trônes, ainsi que tous les princes des nations. (Sheol h7585)
10 They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
Tous élèveront la voix, et te diront: Toi aussi tu as reçu des blessures comme nous, tu es devenu semblable à nous.
11 You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
Ton orgueil a été précipité dans les enfers, ton cadavre est tombé par terre; au-dessous de toi la teigne formera ta couche, et ta couverture seront les vers. (Sheol h7585)
12 You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
Comment es-tu tombé du ciel, lucifer qui dès le matin te levais? Comment as-tu été renversé sur la terre, toi qui faisais des blessures aux nations?
13 You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
Qui disais dans ton cœur: Je monterai au ciel, sur les astres de Dieu j’élèverai mon trône; je m’assiérai sur la montagne du Testament, aux côtés de l’aquilon.
14 I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
Je monterai sur la hauteur des nues, je serai semblable au Très-Haut.
15 [But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Mais cependant tu seras traîné dans l’enfer, au profond de la fosse; (Sheol h7585)
16 The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
Ceux qui te verront se pencheront vers toi, et ils te considéreront et te diront: Est-ce là cet homme qui a troublé la terre, qui a ébranlé les royaumes;
17 Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
Qui a fait de l’univers un désert, et a détruit ses villes, et à ses captifs n’a pas ouvert la prison?
18 All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
Tous les rois des nations, tous se seront endormis dans la gloire, chacun dans sa maison.
19 but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
Mais toi, tu as été jeté loin de ton sépulcre, comme un tronc inutile, et souillé, et enveloppé avec ceux qui ont été tués par le glaive et qui sont descendus au fond de la fosse comme un cadavre putréfié.
20 Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
Tu n’auras pas même part avec eux à la sépulture, parce que c’est toi qui as détruit entièrement ta terre, toi qui as tué ton peuple; la race des méchants n’existera pas éternellement.
21 [People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
Préparez ses enfants au massacre, à cause de l’iniquité de leurs pères ils ne s’élèveront pas, ils n’hériteront pas de la terre, et ils ne rempliront pas la face du globe de cités.
22 [This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
Et je m’élèverai contre eux, dit le Seigneur des armées, et je perdrai le nom de Babylone, et les restes, et le germe, et la race, dit le Seigneur.
23 I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
Et j’en ferai la possession du hérisson; j’en ferai des marais d’eaux, et je la balayerai avec un balai en la raclant, dit le Seigneur des armées.
24 The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
Le Seigneur des armées a juré, disant: Certainement, comme j’ai pensé, de même il en sera, et comme j’ai arrêté dans mon esprit,
25 [When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
Ainsi il arrivera; afin que je brise l’Assyrien dans ma terre, et que sur mes montagnes je le foule aux pieds, que son joug soit emporté loin d’eux, et que son fardeau soit enlevé de leur épaule.
26 I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
C’est là le dessein que j’ai formé sur toute la terre, et c’est là la main étendue sur toutes les nations.
27 [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
Car le Seigneur des armées l’a décrété; qui pourra infirmer son décret? et sa main est étendue, qui la détournera?
28 I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
En l’année, à laquelle est mort le roi Achaz, a été faite cette prophétie accablante:
29 You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
Ne te réjouis pas, toi terre entière de Palestine, de ce qu’a été brisée la verge de celui qui te frappait; car de la race du serpent sortira un basilic, et ce qui en naîtra dévorera l’oiseau.
30 Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
Et les plus indigents seront nourris, et les pauvres reposeront avec confiance; et je ferai mourir ta racine, et tes restes, je les tuerai.
31 [So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
Pousse des hurlements, porte; crie, cité; toute la Palestine a été renversée; car c’est de l’aquilon que la fumée viendra; et il n’est personne qui fuira son armée.
32 If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
Et que répondra-t-on aux messagers de la nation? Que c’est le Seigneur qui a fondé Sion, et qu’en lui espéreront les pauvres de son peuple.
